Chess History

1.Steinitz 2. Lasker 3. Capablanca 4. Aljehin 5. Euwe 6. Botvinik 7. Smyslov 8. Tal 9. Petrosian 10. Spassky 11. Fisher 12. Karpov 13. Kasparov 14. Kramnik 15. Anand 16. Carlsen

Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen retained his classical World Chess Championship title on Friday after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai. In doing so, he acquired an unassailable 7.5-3.5 lead in the best-of-14-game showdown to seal 60% of the $2.3 million (€2 million) prize fund.

From up left –Kasparov, Karpov, Alekhine, Fischer, Lasker, Botvinnik, Capablanca, Bronstein, Spassky, Smyslov, Steinitz, Tal, Geller, Euwe, Petrosian, Tarrasch, Keres, Reshevsky, Rubinstein, Korchnoy, Stein, Gligoric, Fine, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Marshall, Chigorin, Polugayevsky, Najdorf, Larsen, Morphy, Sultan Khan, Anand, Kramnik, Polgar and Carlsen.